In One-Beer Daisy: Facing Death, Life, and Growing Up Along the Way, Maikel L. Wise narrates his story of loss, healing, and the treasures of life. From making funeral arrangements to being with his mother during her hospice care, the author reflects on how he...

One Maundy Thursday night, while Judith E. Bowen was doing volunteer work at church, she had a revealing moment. Suddenly, she found herself in an unknown place. What most impressed her was the presence of Jesus, whom she saw for a few moments. Judith was...

Nightbird by Shavaun Scott is a poignant memoir that chronicles the author's life and explores psychological themes. The story covers her childhood, which was filled with secrets that she came to understand as she grew up. Raised to fear God and Satan, Shavaun was a...

Staying Alive Is a Lot of Work: Me and My Cancer by Pat Camalliere offers an intimate and inspiring journey through the author's battle with tongue cancer. The memoir invites readers into her personal life, beginning with the shocking discovery of a lump that quickly...

Slaying the Dragon by Antonio Iozzo is an inspiring memoir about the author’s battle with opioid addiction. Antonio had built a successful business empire despite facing failures, betrayals, and setbacks. Alongside his wife Nicole, they had overcome many obstacles and created a seemingly perfect life....

In The End of the World (As We Know It), author Kayla Kruse draws from her own extraordinary experiences to share some astonishing anecdotes from her life. Traumatized as a young teenager after being drugged and assaulted at a party she attended when she was...

To say that Bruce Neckels has led a colorful life would be an understatement. His memoir Matter of Conscience is so much more than a book about his experiences as a conscious objector who fought the system that drafted him for service in Vietnam. It...

Rooting Out Shame: A Son's Account of Child Sexual Abuse and Recovery by Frank Root III is a profoundly moving and disturbing memoir that chronicles the author’s traumatic childhood filled with sexual abuse inflicted by his parents. With raw honesty and heartfelt reflection, the author...

The wallpaper on my cellphone shows the Nauset Lighthouse on the shores of Cape Cod. Once a year we vacation there and enjoy taking side trips to see the lighthouses along the coast. I was curious to read Nauset Light: A Personal Legacy by Mary...

The Nutcracker Chronicles by Janine Kovac is a memoir that explores Kovac's journey as a ballerina and her early aspirations, which included becoming a psychologist. Influenced by a music box ballerina, Kovac begins ballet lessons at Fort Bliss, later admiring prima ballerina Renée Segapeli after...